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Libraries help get summer sorted with ‘Top 100’ books
Auckland’s 55 libraries have curated their Top 100 list of titles – in ten categories - ready for summer 2021.
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10 millionth eBook makes history
Aucklander Sarid Olvera Anzures downloaded an eBook on her phone in August, unaware she had just borrowed the 10 millionth OverDrive eBook from Auckland Council Libraries.
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Gone fishing with a reel 3D-printed at Te Manawa library
For just the cost of materials, Aucklanders can make use of 3D printers at eight Auckland Council Libraries across the region.
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'Food for Thought' exhibition tempts Auckland's tastebuds
Take your tastebuds along to Food for Thought at the Central City Library and prepare to leave feeling hungry.
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Wrap-around services in uncertain times
Auckland Council Libraries are responding to emerging community needs as the city moves to recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
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Libraries help demystify election process
Auckland Council Libraries has recently launched the ‘Your Vote Counts’ programme, designed to support Aucklanders in the lead-up to the 2020 General Election.
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EBook readers look on the bright side during lockdown
Auckland Council Libraries record 140,000 e-issues in latest Alert Level 3.
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Auckland libraries 'call to check'
Redeployed librarians make welfare calls to vulnerable residents as part of Auckland Emergency Management’s COVID-19 response.
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eBooks flying from Auckland library in record numbers
Aucklanders are borrowing eBooks at unprecedented rates, as a free and easy way to keep people and families entertained at home.
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Te Manawa community facility wins architecture award
Te Manawa Westgate Library and Multi-Purpose Facility has been named as a winner in the public architecture category at this year’s Auckland Architecture Awards.
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Call for submissions for ‘COVID-19 - A Snapshot in Time Archive’
Be a part of history and submit your writing, photographs, drawings, videos and sounds from lockdown.
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Libraries reach out to support kaumātua Māori
During lockdown, a group of Māori specialist staff from Auckland Council Libraries identified an opportunity to establish a service to engage with kaumātua Māori in these unprecedented times.
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Aucklanders flock back to libraries to borrow over half a million items
Since re-opening, customers eager to refresh their reading material after lockdown have kept library staff busy restocking shelves.
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On the job hunt? Get ahead of the pack with Auckland Council Libraries’ free resources
Free resources and services to help with your job search from Auckland Council Libraries.
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New exhibition challenges perceptions of the Pacific
Discover the people and stories of the Saltwater Realm at Waitui Ātea: Saltwater Realm.
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Two Auckland Council Libraries heritage collections receive UNESCO heritage recognition
The earliest New Zealand land weather records and a 1900s photographic collection have been recognised as being of national significance.